Ocean Dweller Media

A one-person software studio

Software that keeps your data on your device where it can, and says plainly where it cannot.

Ocean Dweller Media makes small, careful apps for the iPhone and the web, has desktop apps in development, and publishes some of its tools and research code in the open. Each one starts from the same idea: the record of your life belongs to you, it should stay where you can read it, and anything that leaves your device should be written down.

See the projects About the studio

  • Local first

    Human Memory keeps its vault on your phone and exports it as plain Markdown and JSON. Exposure Radar keeps your places and vitals on your iPhone. No account where none is needed.

  • Every egress listed

    No app here says “nothing leaves your device”. Each privacy policy lists what does leave, who receives it and why.

  • Sources, not guesses

    In PlantAdvocate, any model that is switched on is handed cited care facts and told to answer only from them. Human Memory ranks its evidence before it places you anywhere, and says which rank it used.

Projects

Everything the studio is working on, from apps on the App Store to research code. Each has its own page here, and each app has a site of its own.

Apps

  • Human Memory

    On the App Store

    A private record of your own life, built on your iPhone from what you already have.

    Human Memory reads what is already on your iPhone, such as photos, contacts, calendar entries and workouts, plus archives you export yourself, such as Google Takeout, and builds a private map, timeline and people record in an encrypted vault on the device.

    iPhone About Human Memory

  • Bridge for Loved Ones

    On the App Store

    A calmer way to stop having the same argument with someone you love.

    Bridge is a communication tool for people who love each other: a partner, a parent, a sibling or a friend. You each write privately, Bridge reads it back to you in one sentence, and then it drafts a message in your name that keeps what you meant and drops the parts that only land as blame.

    iPhone · Web About Bridge for Loved Ones

  • Exposure Radar

    On TestFlight

    Know how much contagious illness you are around, and how ready your body is.

    Exposure Radar estimates your exposure to COVID-19, flu, RSV and measles from the places you go, how crowded they are and what CDC wastewater data shows is spreading, and compares your Apple Health vitals with your own baseline.

    iPhone About Exposure Radar

  • PlantAdvocate

    Heading to the App Store

    Plant care advice that cites its sources.

    PlantAdvocate is a houseplant and garden care app. You describe your growing areas, add your plants, log watering and feeding, and get advice tailored to the species and to that plant's own history.

    iPhone About PlantAdvocate

Tools, work in progress and research

Get in touch

Questions about an app, a bug to report, a request to join a beta, or a conversation about working together: one address reaches a person who reads it.

support@human-memory.ai